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The flight attendant explained: “As you may know, the aircraft cabin is not pressurised to sea level, but rather to the equivalent of about seven or eight thousand feet.

“This means some passengers might feel a little light headed or that alcohol affects them almost twice as much as it would on the ground.

flight attendant serving customers on an airplane

“It also means soft drinks foam up a lot more when poured out of a can, and the worst culprit for this is Diet Coke. I literally have to sit and wait for the bubbles to fall before I can continue pouring.

“If all 3 passengers (in a row) ask for Diet Coke I’ll often get them started, take another three drink orders, serve those, and then finish the Diet Cokes.”

No doubt crew hope passengers will help make their lives a little easier by ordering something else.

And it might be a good idea to speed up the passage of the trolley and not annoy staff - and fellow passengers waiting for their turn.